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JOURNAL OF AMERICAN COLLEGE HEALTH
卷 71, 期 8, 页码 2587-2594出版社
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2021.1979007
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College students; emerging adults; non-medical prescription drug use; sex; social norms
This study found that college students' non-medical prescription drug use is related to the frequency of use among their peers, with participants more likely to engage in non-medical prescription drug use when perceiving higher usage among their peers of the same sex. Female participants were more likely than male participants to perceive higher usage among male peers. While social norm interventions may be effective for addressing non-medical prescription drug use among college students, sex-matching interventions may not be necessary.
Background: Relationships exist between perceived peer and own use of alcohol, cannabis, and tobacco, particularly when peers and participants are sex-matched. We investigated sex influences on social norms effects for college students' non-medical prescription drug use (NMPDU). Methods: N = 1986 college students reported on their perceptions of male and female peers' NMPDU frequency and their own past-month NMPDU. Results: Approximately 3% of students self-reported past month NMPDU, with no sex differences. In a linear mixed model, participants who engaged in NMPDU perceived significantly more frequent peer use. Female participants perceived more frequent peer NMPDU than did male participants, particularly when perceiving male peers' NMPDU. Significant positive correlations were found between perceived peer NMPDU frequency and participants' own NMPDU for all peer-participant sex combinations, with no evidence for stronger correlations with sex-matched pairs. Conclusions: While social norm interventions may be effective for college student NMPDU, sex-matching of these interventions is likely unnecessary.
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